Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 24, 2016 - USA have already secured their participation in the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2016 Group 1 finals. Their next opponent, the Netherlands, however, are a border case and need to give their best to upset the Americans, if they want to book their ticket to Thailand.
Head-to-Head
• These teams will meet for the 13th time at the World Grand Prix. United States leads Netherlands with seven wins to five.
• Netherlands have won three of their last four World Grand Prix meetings with United States - 3-0 in 2005, 3-1 in 2007 and 3-2 in 2009. United States won the most recent encounter in the competition - 3-0 in 2013.
• Netherlands have only won more World Grand Prix matches against Italy, Poland and Japan (all 6) than versus United States (5).
Netherlands
• Netherlands have now lost three matches in the 2016 World Grand Prix. They were unbeaten in 2015.
• The last six times Netherlands lost in the World Grand Prix, they always bounced back and won their next match.
• Lonneke Sloetjes leads Netherlands in scoring, 128 points.
• Yvon Belien has served 10 aces.
United States
• On Friday, USA defeated Germany in straight sets to raise their winning streak to four.
• USA have won 21 of their last 23 in the World Grand Prix and the only team to defeat them in these series is China (twice).
• USA have dropped only one set in their last eight victories combined in the World Grand Prix.
• Kelsey Robinson (60), Kimberly Hill (59) and Rachel Adams (58) are the top scoring players for USA.
• Jordan Larson-Burbach has a 49% efficiency as receiver.